Events

Leaning is a performative experiment drawing on the ways rope can support in and with movement, discovering balance and the pleasure of intentional exhaustion. In this piece, Caritia will lean into grief and exaltation.

Who’s been there? You spend twenty minutes tying the cleanest, prettiest gote of your life… and the person in ropes looks at you, shrugs, and casually wiggles themselves out like it was never that serious. Humbling. Kind of funny. And devinately annoying. This workshop leans directly into that irony: shibari is often not inherently inescapable....

This lecture examines the prevalent rope aesthetics of the internet and asks what happens when we look at them through the lens of gay erotic imagination. It centers on the themes of stoicism and struggle that shape homoerotic art, from the disciplined fantasies of Tom of Finland, to the tortured ecstasy of Saint Sebastian, to...

Caritia invites participants to join this 90-minute session to (re)discover the ways rope can support us in regulating our nervous systems, through tension, restriction, and objects

Most students begin their shibari learning with foundational techniques such as single & double column tie, frictions, knots, and basic forms. In this class, Naoko will share how she started learning - her first lessons were about nawa sabaki (rope handling) and how to use rope to communicate. Rather than focusing on techniques, this class...

Hashira is a vertical wooden post, traditionally found in Japanese architecture. Hashira Shibari (柱縛り) refers to tying to/on/with the hashira. It is commonly associated with suspension, tight binding, inescapable restriction or objectification. In this class, we will take a broader approach, exploring how we can use simple techniques to play. Note: As per request this...

The last day of an event is exhausting. Your body is tired, your energy is depleted, but you still want rope. This class is specifically designed for those moments when you want connection and sensation without the physical demands of dynamic rope or suspension. We'll explore mindful, low-energy approaches to rope including: creating meaningful floor-based...

And in the end, we always like to close Queerope with a performance... ...join us for an intimate performance of lovingly dehumansing rope, exploring the freedom from traditional aesthetics through "creaturification".